GeoTempo: a modular, end-to-end OGC sensor web
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Richard Beck, Robert Frohn, Robert South, Kevin Kriegel, Joseph Brunner, James McLaughlin, Mariusz Stanisz, John Dobbins, Charles Lambert, Douglas Miller, Phil Ardire, Thomas Bridgeman, Dan Gray, James Lein, Paul CappelloAuthors Info & Claims
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Abstract
Environmental information is valuable for monitoring and remediation efforts only if the location and time of acquisition are recorded in parallel with other parameters such as temperature, pH, pCO2 etc. Similarly, environmental information must be searchable and retrievable on the basis of geolocation and time of acquisition as well as other parameters such as sensor type, measurement type, measurement value, units of measure and keyword among others. Here we describe one specific and successful strategy for the implementation of geospatially and temporally-enabled cyber-infrastructure focused on open source geospatial standards (Open Geospatial Consortium or OGC), network protocols, operating systems, database software and geospatial extensions. This paper describes a real-world OGC compliant sensor web for environmental monitoring and mapping of terrestrial and aquatic invasive species with geospatial and temporal query capabilities called GeoTempo as demonstrated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.
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